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Do you think F1 drivers are still shaken up over Hubert's death and Alex Peroni’s car flying thru the air during the F3 race earlier in the day, so they're not in a competitive spirit to push themselves for the sake of appeasing the audience.
No! No one wanted to come out first to punch hole in the wind to give the others at the back a sling shot to go faster.
Leclerc's 'dangerous' battle with Hamilton
This victory was even harder won than at Spa, when he drove a measured race to finish less than a second ahead of Hamilton.
This time, Leclerc had a Mercedes behind him throughout and he had to resort to some questionable tactics to hold Hamilton off.
Mercedes failed in an attempt to pass Leclerc with the so-called undercut, when a team stops their driver a lap earlier than their rival to try to benefit from fresh tyres.
The pit stops completed, Hamilton had his first chance on track on lap 23 when Leclerc locked up into the first chicane.
The world champion was alongside into the next proper corner, the Roggia chicane, and Leclerc moved over and pushed Hamilton slightly off the track.
Hamilton complained he had broken a rule saying a driver has to leave a car's width on his outside if he is defending in this fashion but the officials chose to give Leclerc a black-and-white warning flag - the equivalent to a yellow card in football.
Leclerc showed the kind of mental strength to hold off the combined threat of the Mercedes that will endear him even more to the Tifosi
Hamilton continued to track Lerclerc, who on lap 35 locked up at Turn One and had to cut the chicane.
Again, Hamilton was on his tail accelerating out of the corner, and this time Leclerc made a very late move through Curva Grande to fend Hamilton off.
"There is some dangerous driving going on," Hamilton said over team radio, but there was no further word from the stewards.
Soon, Hamilton's tyres started going off - Mercedes had fitted mediums at the stop while Ferrari had chosen hards.
The bell tolled for Hamilton's chances on lap 42, when he locked up and went straight on at the first chicane, and Bottas slipped by into second place.
Seven laps later, Hamilton pitted for fresh tyres in pursuit of the point for fastest lap, which he secured.
Hamilton's championship lead is now cut by two points to 63 ahead of Bottas.
Not enough pressure from Bottas
With Hamilton out of the picture, it was Bottas' turn to attack Leclerc.
The Finn had medium tyres that were eight laps fresher than Hamilton's and should have been able to challenge Leclerc even harder than the world champion had.
But he was unable to do so. Leclerc, despite his now very worn tyres, kept him at arm's length.
And when Bottas locked up at the first chicane on lap 51 lapping Lando Norris' McLaren, Leclerc had the job done and secured a victory that will live in his memory for the rest of his life.
Vettel's Ferrari status hanging by a thread
Stop, look, listen, THINK: Vettel rams Stroll as he comes back on to the track
While Leclerc took a win both brilliant and controversial, Vettel had a nightmare.
He ran fourth for the first five laps, after briefly losing the place to Renault's Nico Hulkenberg on the first lap, but then lost control of his car at the Ascari chicane.
As if that was not bad enough, he then rejoined the track without looking and crashed into Lance Stroll's Racing Point.
The Canadian then committed a similar offence as he got going again, narrowly missing Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly.
Vettel was given a 10-second stop-go penalty for the incident, the most severe in-race penalty available to the stewards short of a disqualification.
Vettel lost it at the Ascari chicane
But there will be those who feel he deserves a further penalty, perhaps a grid drop at the next race in Singapore, after a quite ludicrous piece of driving for a four-time world champion.
Vettel began the season as the number one driver at Ferrari but has been consistently outperformed by Leclerc - the Monagasque now having won two races, with Vettel winless since Belgium last year, and out-qualifying him several times in 2019.
Vettel also got three penalty points. That's nine for the 12-month period. Three more and he gets a race ban.
The Renaults of Ricciardo and Hulkenberg took fourth and fifth, ahead of Red Bull's Alex Albon, who recovered after running off track early on trying to pass McLaren's Carlos Sainz around the outside of the first Lesmo corner.
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This victory was even harder won than at Spa, when he drove a measured race to finish less than a second ahead of Hamilton.
This time, Leclerc had a Mercedes behind him throughout and he had to resort to some questionable tactics to hold Hamilton off.
Mercedes failed in an attempt to pass Leclerc with the so-called undercut, when a team stops their driver a lap earlier than their rival to try to benefit from fresh tyres.
The pit stops completed, Hamilton had his first chance on track on lap 23 when Leclerc locked up into the first chicane.
The world champion was alongside into the next proper corner, the Roggia chicane, and Leclerc moved over and pushed Hamilton slightly off the track.
Hamilton complained he had broken a rule saying a driver has to leave a car's width on his outside if he is defending in this fashion but the officials chose to give Leclerc a black-and-white warning flag - the equivalent to a yellow card in football.
Leclerc showed the kind of mental strength to hold off the combined threat of the Mercedes that will endear him even more to the Tifosi
Hamilton continued to track Lerclerc, who on lap 35 locked up at Turn One and had to cut the chicane.
Again, Hamilton was on his tail accelerating out of the corner, and this time Leclerc made a very late move through Curva Grande to fend Hamilton off.
"There is some dangerous driving going on," Hamilton said over team radio, but there was no further word from the stewards.
Soon, Hamilton's tyres started going off - Mercedes had fitted mediums at the stop while Ferrari had chosen hards.
The bell tolled for Hamilton's chances on lap 42, when he locked up and went straight on at the first chicane, and Bottas slipped by into second place.
Seven laps later, Hamilton pitted for fresh tyres in pursuit of the point for fastest lap, which he secured.
Hamilton's championship lead is now cut by two points to 63 ahead of Bottas.
Not enough pressure from Bottas
With Hamilton out of the picture, it was Bottas' turn to attack Leclerc.
The Finn had medium tyres that were eight laps fresher than Hamilton's and should have been able to challenge Leclerc even harder than the world champion had.
But he was unable to do so. Leclerc, despite his now very worn tyres, kept him at arm's length.
And when Bottas locked up at the first chicane on lap 51 lapping Lando Norris' McLaren, Leclerc had the job done and secured a victory that will live in his memory for the rest of his life.
Vettel's Ferrari status hanging by a thread
Stop, look, listen, THINK: Vettel rams Stroll as he comes back on to the track
While Leclerc took a win both brilliant and controversial, Vettel had a nightmare.
He ran fourth for the first five laps, after briefly losing the place to Renault's Nico Hulkenberg on the first lap, but then lost control of his car at the Ascari chicane.
As if that was not bad enough, he then rejoined the track without looking and crashed into Lance Stroll's Racing Point.
The Canadian then committed a similar offence as he got going again, narrowly missing Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly.
Vettel was given a 10-second stop-go penalty for the incident, the most severe in-race penalty available to the stewards short of a disqualification.
Vettel lost it at the Ascari chicane
But there will be those who feel he deserves a further penalty, perhaps a grid drop at the next race in Singapore, after a quite ludicrous piece of driving for a four-time world champion.
Vettel began the season as the number one driver at Ferrari but has been consistently outperformed by Leclerc - the Monagasque now having won two races, with Vettel winless since Belgium last year, and out-qualifying him several times in 2019.
Vettel also got three penalty points. That's nine for the 12-month period. Three more and he gets a race ban.
The Renaults of Ricciardo and Hulkenberg took fourth and fifth, ahead of Red Bull's Alex Albon, who recovered after running off track early on trying to pass McLaren's Carlos Sainz around the outside of the first Lesmo corner.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/s...orrea-removed-induced-coma-injured-crash.html
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/1...rea-removed-from-coma-but-faces-major-surgery
By Jeorge Bird For Mailonline
Published: 19:31 EDT, 20 September 2019 | Updated: 19:49 EDT, 20 September 2019
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Formula Two driver Juan Manuel Correa has been removed from an induced coma after he was injured in the horror crash that killed French racer Anthoine Hubert.
As a result of the accident on August 31, which occurred in Spa, Belgium, Correa suffered a spinal injury and fractured his legs.
The 20-year-old now faces major surgery in order to minimise risk of irreversible injuries to his right lower extremity, which refers to the part of the body between the hips and the toes.
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/1...rea-removed-from-coma-but-faces-major-surgery
By Jeorge Bird For Mailonline
Published: 19:31 EDT, 20 September 2019 | Updated: 19:49 EDT, 20 September 2019
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Formula Two driver Juan Manuel Correa has been removed from an induced coma after he was injured in the horror crash that killed French racer Anthoine Hubert.
As a result of the accident on August 31, which occurred in Spa, Belgium, Correa suffered a spinal injury and fractured his legs.
The 20-year-old now faces major surgery in order to minimise risk of irreversible injuries to his right lower extremity, which refers to the part of the body between the hips and the toes.
The Ferrari's flat speed is mucb better than Mercedes today... Hamilton will have to depend on very clever pit stops in order to gain victory.
ResultsFinal
Pos Driver Status
1
S. Vettel
Ferrari·#5
Running
2
C. Leclerc
Ferrari·#16
Running
3
M. Verstappen
Red Bull·#33
Running
4
L. Hamilton
Mercedes·#44
Running
5
V. Bottas
Mercedes·#77
Running
6
A. Albon
Red Bull·#23
Running
7
L. Norris
McLaren·#4
Running
8
P. Gasly
Toro Rosso·#10
Running
9
N. Hülkenberg
Renault·#27
Running
10
A. Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo·#99
Running
11
R. Grosjean
Haas·#8
Running
12
C. Sainz Jr.
McLaren·#55
Running
13
L. Stroll
Racing Point·#18
Running
14
D. Ricciardo
Renault·#3
Running
15
D. Kvyat
16
R. Kubica
Williams·#88
Running
17
K. Magnussen
Haas·#20
Running
18
K. Räikkönen
Alfa Romeo·#7
DNF
19
S. Pérez
Racing Point·#11
DNF
20
G. Russell
Williams·#63
DNF
Formula 1 standings
Pos Driver Status
1
S. Vettel
Ferrari·#5
Running
2
C. Leclerc
Ferrari·#16
Running
3
M. Verstappen
Red Bull·#33
Running
4
L. Hamilton
Mercedes·#44
Running
5
V. Bottas
Mercedes·#77
Running
6
A. Albon
Red Bull·#23
Running
7
L. Norris
McLaren·#4
Running
8
P. Gasly
Toro Rosso·#10
Running
9
N. Hülkenberg
Renault·#27
Running
10
A. Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo·#99
Running
11
R. Grosjean
Haas·#8
Running
12
C. Sainz Jr.
McLaren·#55
Running
13
L. Stroll
Racing Point·#18
Running
14
D. Ricciardo
Renault·#3
Running
15
D. Kvyat
16
R. Kubica
Williams·#88
Running
17
K. Magnussen
Haas·#20
Running
18
K. Räikkönen
Alfa Romeo·#7
DNF
19
S. Pérez
Racing Point·#11
DNF
20
G. Russell
Williams·#63
DNF
Formula 1 standings
Ferrari have some serious speed advantage today... Mercedes will have to depend on clever pit stop strategy to have any chance of victory.
Man!! Did Lewis Hamilton even change tires today?!?!?! Running those mediums was a good call....
I cant wait until November. I'll be in Austin for that one!! I hope Lewis pulls off the win there too. I got a 3 day pass. Hopefully I can get in or near the pits....
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Yeah, tyre change was done when the safety car came in after Vettel's incident.
Ok. I got up when that happened. Hearing Sebastian Vettel over the comm declaring wanting V-12's back was funny but true. He definitely wouldn't want any smoke with Lewis in those setups either......
Damn, woke up late and only caught the last couple laps. Gotta download and rewatch later.
I wonder if this race will be rotated to being the last race of the season depending on the storms impact.
GTFO with that bullshit. Vettel, jumped that shit. Stewards acting like fucking clowns already.
Says I can't watch it in my country.
Anyway, Lewis loves COTA. Hopefully, he'll get it done. He needs some serious downtime.
Let's see what Ferrari International Assistance has to say about the Ferrari engines. With so many teams crying foul if they don't get it right F1 will really fall off a cliff.
Verstappen stripped of Mexican GP pole for ignoring yellow flag, Leclerc promoted to P1.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...llow-flag-leclerc.1DiWB8Fo9O0tZcbG8RJYvA.html
Max Verstappen has been stripped of his Mexican Grand Prix pole position after the stewards handed him a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow for Valtteri Bottas’ Q3 crash…
Verstappen was running behind Bottas when the Finn crashed heavily at Turn 17. The Red Bull driver passed one yellow flag en route to bettering his initial leading lap time in qualifying.
After speaking to Verstappen and reviewing video, audio and telemetry evidence, the stewards ruled the Red Bull driver “attempted to set a meaningful lap time and failed to reduce his speed in the relevant marshalling sector.”
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...llow-flag-leclerc.1DiWB8Fo9O0tZcbG8RJYvA.html
Max Verstappen has been stripped of his Mexican Grand Prix pole position after the stewards handed him a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow for Valtteri Bottas’ Q3 crash…
Verstappen was running behind Bottas when the Finn crashed heavily at Turn 17. The Red Bull driver passed one yellow flag en route to bettering his initial leading lap time in qualifying.
After speaking to Verstappen and reviewing video, audio and telemetry evidence, the stewards ruled the Red Bull driver “attempted to set a meaningful lap time and failed to reduce his speed in the relevant marshalling sector.”
Well deserved too. It’s gone be a good race today with Lewis/Max on 2nd row. You know Max is primed to do so more dumb shit after having is pole stripped.
Fuckin’ Vettel 
McLaren screwed Norris’s race for like the 3rd time this season.